SDG 14: Life Below Water

UN SDG 14 - Life Below Water

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Learn more about this goal on the United Nations SDG Platform

Goldstream Volunteer Salmonid Enhancement Association

hatchery

Our Goals

1.) To establish an ongoing program of salmonid enhancement for Southern Vancouver Island streams and rivers.

2.) To maintain and improve where possible the number of COHO, CHINOOK, and CHUM available for the sports fishery, native food fishery, and local commercial and charter operations.

PENAWEN -beginning of the salmon time

Penawen moon
The W̱SÁNEĆ 13 moon calendar, SḴÁU ȽTE, represents the natural laws of the W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) people. This month's moon, Pexawen, the harvest time, signifies the hunting and gathering and harvesting and the abundance of food.

Sxanel: The Arrival of the Bullhead

13 Moon calendar - Sxanel- deepening spring

The W̱SÁNEĆ 13 moon calendar, SḴÁU ȽTE, represents the natural laws of the W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) people. This month's moon, Sxanal, the bullhead, signifies a deepening of spring, birds arriving, flowers blooming and the bullheads are back.

United Nations

Due to the powers vested in its Charter and its unique international character, the United Nations can take action on the issues confronting humanity in the 21st century, such as peace and security, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, disarmament, terrorism, humanitarian and health emergencies, gender equality, governance, food production, and more.

SeaWatch

For decades, the Sea of Cortez’s reefs and reef fisheries were declining at an alarming rate as fishermen using compressed air ravaged them. Then, 20 years ago, residents of a small fishing community took matters into their own hands and with community-wide commitment, stopped the fishing that was killing the reefs and reef fish populations by providing 24-hour citizen-driven vigilance and community commitment to stop killing any reef fish in their area.

Greenangels Foundation

We're connecting you with organizations that do good work for the planet and its people and showing you how to help change lives for the better, whether you donate, volunteer or invest.

SeaDoc Society

We work to figure out what’s happening to our local species, and why. We share that information by facilitating collaboration and networking among agencies, governments, and the individuals who make the decisions about how the 8 million people living in the Salish Sea can live in harmony with the marine environment.

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